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BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN ADDIS ABABA

The leader of Ethiopia’s clothing and textile sector has claimed eight South Korean companies are to open textile and garment plants in his country, in a new industrial park close to the capital Addis Ababa.…

BY JENS KASTNER, IN TAIPEI

Facing a fragile global economy, rival South Korea’s aggressive free trade agreement (FTA) strategy, as well as an appreciating local currency, Taiwan’s textile and apparel manufacturers have placed their bets on innovation. And indeed, their strong focus on upgraded and functional textiles appears to be paying off.…

BY CARMEN PAUN IN BRUSSELS

THE EUROPEAN Commission is hoping that the recent overhaul of the European Union’s (EU) Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) will increase the flow of rare earth metals and aluminium oxide into the EU. Concerns persist about supplies of these important industrial minerals.…

BY HELEN CLARK, IN HANOI

Investors often hold their noses about corruption in emerging markets. But countries such as Vietnam attract even more investment if they were cleaner. Helen Clark reports from Hanoi.

VIETNAM in the past 12 months appears to have embarked on a house-cleaning exercise, with police arresting a series of executives for a range of financial offences.…

BY DAVID HAYHURST, IN PARIS

BUILDING on its long-held global reputation for quality natural ingredients, France has now emerged as the second biggest natural and organic cosmetics market in Europe, after Germany. A January 2012 report by international consultants Deloitte – the most comprehensive yet conducted exclusively on the French natural cosmetics industry – calculated an average 2005-2009 growth rate of 25%.…

BY BLAKE BERRY, IN WARSAW; JOHN PAGNI, IN HELSINKI; DAVID HAYHURST, IN PARIS; LEE ADENDOORF, IN LUCCA, ITALY; CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS; MJ DESCHAMPS; AND ALAN OSBORN

IF you are a biofuel manufacturer, you could be forgiven for being frustrated with the complexity of the market in Europe.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) could further tighten its controls on the use of lead in paints, with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) launching a public consultation on whether all uses of lead should have a special hazardous status under the REACH law.…

BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN BANGKOK

THAILAND’S first-car purchase subsidy scheme, in which tax rebates are paid to first-car owners, has provided a major boost to Thailand’s paint and coatings sector as the country’s economy continues to recover from the devastating floods of 2011.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

The US nuclear energy industry appears confident that President Barack Obama’s second term in the White House will oversee a continued central role for the nuclear industry at the heart of America’s energy policies. In a statement issued by the Nuclear Energy Institute in Washington, Martin Fertel, NEI president and chief executive officer, said President Obama had explicitly mentioned in his comprehensive economic plan, "the need for a significant contribution from nuclear energy to achieve the administration’s goals."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) panel on food contact materials, enzymes, flavourings and processing aids (CEF) has ruled on the safety of plastics additives that act as moisture and liquid absorbers in packaging for foods with short shelf-life.…